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By: Mariaan Webb11th October 2018
Mexico-focused miner Endeavour Silver warned on Thursday that it would fall short of its 2018 production guidance and that its costs would also be affected, citing delayed commercial production at its El Compas mine, lower grades at Bolañitos and lower mine output at Guanaceví. In the third... →

By: Creamer Media Reporter 6th September 2018
TSX-V-listed Centenera Mining has signed a binding letter agreement granting it the right to acquire up to a 100% interest in six precious metals properties in the Deseado Massif in Santa Cruz, giving the firm a meaningful foothold in the mining and exploration district.
The agreement is with an... →

By: Mariaan Webb26th June 2018
Canadian precious metals miner Yamana Gold has declared commercial production at its Cerro Moro gold and silver mine in Santa Cruz, Argentina.
The mine poured its first gold and silver doré in May and subsequently ramped up to commercial production. →

By: Henry Lazenby30th January 2018
The TSX-listed stock of Vancouver-based base metals explorer Arizona Mining has gained more than 25% since the start of the year, boosted by the release of an updated preliminary economic assessment (PEA) and the latest exploration results from the flagship Hermosa deposit, in Arizona, which... →

By: Henry Lazenby22nd December 2017
A prefeasibility study on Pan American Silver's La Morocha deposit, which is part of the Joaquin project, located in Santa Cruz, Argentina, has recommended that the deposit be developed to provide supplemental ore feed for the Manantial Espejo mill.
Vancouver-based Pan American said on Thursday... →

By: Mariaan Webb8th December 2017
Australia-headquartered South32 has bought another C$4.5-million worth of shares in Arizona Mining.
Arizona Mining, which is advancing the Hermosa project near Tucson, Santa Cruz, said on Thursday that South32 had agreed to subscribe for an additional 1.43-million shares at C$3.14 a share. →

By: Anine Kilian21st November 2017
TSX-V-listed Samco Gold sold its shares in its wholly owned Argentine subsidiary 5R to certain shareholders of the company in exchange for the return for cancellation of 18.450-million common shares in Samco’s capital . 5R is the registered titleholder of the El Dorado Monserrat properties in... →

By: Henry Lazenby26th September 2017
In the final stages of construction of the $126-million Cerro Moro project, in the Santa Cruz province of Argentina, Canadian gold major Yamana Gold has locked up about 60% of gold output in option contracts. The Toronto-based miner said on Monday that it needed to secure certainty of cash flows... →

By: Schalk Burger1st September 2017
The exit by Cerro Vanguardia (CVSA) from its joint venture (JV) with CTSX-listed Mirasol Resources for the Claudia gold-silver project, in Argentina’s Santa Cruz province, is complete. Mirasol noted on Thursday that it had received the full exploration data set comprising the results of CVSA's... →

By: Henry Lazenby29th August 2017
Gold producer McEwen Mining has signed a binding definitive agreement with Primero Mining to buy the Black Fox Complex, in the historic Timmins mining camp of Ontario, for $35-million, the company announced on Tuesday.
In combination with McEwen’s earlier $54-million acquisition of Lexam VG Gold,... →

By: Henry Lazenby25th May 2017
Midtier miner OceanaGold has signed an option agreement with prospect generator Mirasol Resources, under which it to acquire up to 75% of the project in five stages.
The definitive agreement requires multinational OceanaGold, with operations in New Zealand, Australia and the US, to make a... →

By: Bloomberg19th May 2017
From Canada’s Yukon to southern Patagonia, outbreaks of gold-rush fever are popping up as bullion markets stage a tentative recovery.
The number of holes drilled at gold deposits has been rising steadily for more than a year, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence. →

By: Henry Lazenby5th November 2016
Owner-led gold producer McEwen Mining was up 13.5% on the TSX by Friday, ending somewhat of a roller coaster week on a positive note. The stock started the week at C$3.12 a share, before climbing 18% to an intraweek high of C$3.68 a share on Wednesday, and falling again 13% to C$3.20 apiece on... →

By: Henry Lazenby17th September 2016
About a year-and-a-half after signing a definitive option agreement, TSX-V-listed Samco Gold and Pan American Silver (PAS) set September 1 as the effective date of the agreement. The agreement grants PAS the exclusive option to acquire a 60% interest in the El Dorado Monserrat (EDM) project in... →

By: Henry Lazenby20th May 2016
TSX-V-listed explorer Samco Gold has terminated a 2014 participation and option (P&O) agreement with director Dr Ricardo Auriemma after a strategic review of its business, instead opting to enter into an agreement with Yamana Gold for the sale of the company's Corina property, located adjacent to... →

By: Henry Lazenby18th April 2016
Primary silver producer Pan American Silver on Sunday reported that operations at its Manantial Espejo mine, in the province of Santa Cruz, Argentina, had come to a halt since last week Wednesday, after a labour conflict with the union of mine workers had resulted in a work stoppage.The... →

By: Natalie Greve26th November 2015
Growing gold and silver producer McEwen Mining’s plans to regain compliance with the NYSE’s minimum share price requirement have been scuppered, with the company failing to meet the bourse’s requirement that the average closing price of a listed company's stock remain above $1 a share over a... →

By: Henry Lazenby27th March 2015
Latin America-focused project generator Mirasol Resources has optioned 75% of the Gorbea Belt projects, in Chile, to Canadian miner Yamana Gold. Under the joint venture agreement, the option would be exercisable in three stages over a seven-year period that would see Yamana act as a strategic... →

By: Esmarie Iannucci4th March 2015
Western Australia is no longer the world’s top jurisdiction for mining investment, the latest survey by Canada’s Fraser Institute has shown. Moving up three spots in the survey’s investment attractiveness index, Finland is now considered the best address for mining and exploration investment.... →

By: Henry Lazenby12th February 2015
South America-focused gold producer Yamana Gold has reported a significant net loss for the second consecutive quarter, as impairment charges for Brazilian mines and charges for newly enacted Chilean taxes have weighed on the bottom line. For the three months ended December 31, Toronto-based... →

By: Henry Lazenby16th December 2014
Gold producers Aurico Gold and Yamana Gold on Monday reported that 2014 exploration programmes had resulted in new discoveries at Aurico’s Kemess East project, in north-central British Columbia, and Yamana’s El Penon gold/silver mine, in Chile, and Chapada, in Brazil.
TSX- and NYSE-listed Aurico... →

By: Henry Lazenby10th November 2014
With prospective projects located on the Deseado Massif of Santa Cruz, Argentina, a potential joint-venture (JV) partner with which to move forward on its flagship asset, and with an innovative financing agreement in place, Canadian project developer Samco Gold is on the cusp of differentiating... →

By: Henry Lazenby12th June 2014
Argentina-focused explorer Samco Gold has recently struck an option agreement in the form of a binding letter of intent allowing proposed joint-venture (JV) partner Pan American Silver (PAS) to earn up to a 60% interest in its flagship El Dorado-Monserrat (EDM) project in Santa Cruz, freeing... →

By: Henry Lazenby6th September 2013
Latin American gold mining company Minera IRL this week received personal congratulations from Argentinean President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner on securing financing for the upcoming development of the Don Nicolás gold mine, in Santa Cruz, Patagonia.
Minera IRL in August said it would retain... →

By: Henry Lazenby9th August 2013
Gold and copper miner McEwen Mining on Friday reported record gold-equivalent production of 35 955 oz, comprising 20 988 oz of gold and 778 308 oz of silver, in the second quarter of the year. Production was up 44% year-on-year and 20% higher than in the first quarter. The company, under the... →

By: Henry Lazenby5th July 2013
Advanced-stage explorer Patagonia Gold on Friday said it had given notice to the TSX to delist its shares, saying its directors believed the trading volume of its shares did not justify the expenses and administrative efforts associated with maintaining its dual listing on the TSX and the LSE’s... →

By: Henry Lazenby14th March 2013
Toronto- and London-listed Patagonia Gold on Wednesday said its Lomada de Leiva main heap-leach project, in Santa Cruz province of Argentina was on target to achieve full operational status late in the second quarter, with an expected production target of 14 000 oz of gold for the second half of... →

By: Henry Lazenby12th March 2013
Argentina-focused project developer Patagonia Gold on Tuesday said CFO Philip Yee had resigned effective from May 27, to assume a new position as VP and CFO with a mining company in Canada.
Financial director Gonzalo Tanoira would assume the role of CFO.
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By: Henry Lazenby13th February 2013
New York- and Toronto-listed McEwen Mining on Wednesday said operations at its 49%-owned San Jose mine, in Argentina’s Santa Cruz province, have resumed. The company said the employees affected by an outbreak of gastroenteritis had recovered in full. →

By: Henry Lazenby12th February 2013
Gold bull McEwen Mining said operations at its 49%-owned San Jose mine, in Santa Cruz province, Argentina, were halted on Monday, owing to seventy-six employees contracting gastroenteritis.
The company on Tuesday said that there were no further cases reported, all employees had recovered in full... →

By: Henry Lazenby31st January 2013
Argentina-focused gold miner Patagonia Gold is on track to start the fully permitted heap-leaching operation at its Lomada de Leiva gold mine, in the province of Santa Cruz, during the second quarter.
Patagonia on Wednesday said construction of the first stage of the Lomada main heap-leach... →

By: Henry Lazenby8th January 2013
Canada’s Goldcorp on Tuesday said it expects to lift gold production by about 10% during 2013, to about 2.55-million to 2.8-million ounces, adding that it is on track to increase gold production to between 4-million and 4.2-million ounces by 2017.
The company reported strong fourth-quarter gold... →

By: Henry Lazenby30th November 2012
Latin America-focused gold miner and project developer Minera IRL said it had completed a definitive feasibility study (DFS) for the Ollachea gold project, in Peru, which endowed the project with a pretax net-present value (NPV) of $264-million.
The miner on Thursday said that, at a gold price... →